Rode in a blue one in the 60's, I believe was number 14. Owner hit 90 on the freeway, squealed tires around the cloverleaf and car never leaned! What a ride.
@@ToyKingWonder control looks a bit like the french COTAL gearbox, but the Cotal was much more advanced because was semi automatic, with electromagnetic actuators, innternal mecanic was similar to the Wilson semi auto gearboxes, but with electromagnetic brakes
I doubt anybody driving the other way knew just how monumentally revolutionary this car was and just how rare it is today. They just think "Oh there's an old car" and keep going to Starbucks.
I think Tucker's huge emphasis on safety was what made the big 3 so terrified. Customers were going to start demanding safety features from their cars, and that would have cost them a fortune, and put them on the back foot. It wouldn't have sunk them, but they'd have no chance of knocking Tucker off the market, at least not like how they did to Studebaker lol.
@@ToyKingWonder You drank the kool ade! Man had the largest factory in the country, and was boasting features that the other manufacturers didn't have. They used every underhanded trick in the book to destroy his company. Maybe you should read a history book before commenting next time 😌
I remember when the Tuckers were new and controversial. In 1948 our family moved from Louisville to Chicago, and my father took me to see the Tucker factory. He had a new Cadillac, and I remember thinking Tuckers were unnecessarily complicated for a car.
Ford and GM threatened Tuckers steel @ Glass supplier that if they supplied Tucker, they would cancel All their orders with them.. so they stopped Supplying Tucker to comply and shut him down! Now the asians are eating their lunch… too dam bad! I would love to see GM go right out of business, they deserve it!!
Wonderful Tucker exhibit at the Antique Automobile Museum in Hershey PA. There was a Tucker dealership at 1223 N. Cameron Street in Harrisburg that actually sold at least 1 Tucker Automobile. I love these cars!!!
I'm glad he did, because that's where they belong. These cars were designed to be driven every day and anyone who owns one in operable condition should drive them every day. Should be against the geneva convention to let beautiful old cars like this rot in museums and collections. They belong on the road!
Until some idiot that's drunk or high plows into it! Now,have fun finding parts or having them custom made for big$$$$. I agree that most old muscle and some antiques should be driven but these are much too rare,they cannot be replaced and if damaged the value depreciation would be catastrophic.
When I was in high school in Ontario Calif. There was a guy that lived a couple of blocks from the school that had 13 Tuckers. I believe they used some of his cars in that movie “Tucker: The Man And His Dream.”
They actually make fiberglass replicas now of the Tucker 48 aka the Tucker Torpedo.. And while it's nothing like the original it's still one amazing car to see!. But I watched an original car built by Tucker sell for almost $3 million dollars, so not exactly obtainable for the average working man looking to start a collection lol. If you ever get a chance to really see one up close and personal you realize for the time period it was truly one amazing car and quite stylish.
This is what I call the Plymouth Superbird Phenomenon. If you knew about them way back when, you could not find one, and they weren't worth anything. Then when everyone discovered them, you couldn't get one because they were worth everything!
This is the first Tucker I have ever seen inside of, I don't recall seeing it in the movie Tucker. I love all the room, the gauges and the way the shifter worked, Amazing Car,
That car is infinatly better looking than any other car that's on the road now. The 30s, 40s, and 50s had the best looking cars designed by artists instead of engineers like now.
Agree 100% I think the car designs were a reflection of our attitudes as a society. The designs of early automobiles were happy, and fun and bubbly. Now we're seeing angry, aggressive-looking cars with sharp lines and teethy grills.
@@PreciousAlpschindler I'd rather have a prius than a smart car. They get about the same gas mileage but the prius also gives you a back seat and a trunk.
@@txgunguy2766 good choice Smart Fortwo to me look more like Stupid Fortwo. If I want a car that tiny then I get something like Honda Beat or Suzuki Cappuccino
In 1948, the Tucker was very advanced for its time. The car made the big 3 jealous that Preston Tucker was able to create such a state of the art automobile for 1948. Only 51 Tucker cars were produced. They are worth a fortune today.
I mean seriously cmon man, just examine the mechanics of this véhicule ,interior and looks,it's an overall marvel ! Dammm I would love to even have the privilege to drive such a beautiful car now ! The car was good,safe,viable and a bit technology advance for its time but never had its chance to bloom was crushed not only in politics arena but mainly from big corporations !
Helicopters are noisy because of the rotors, not the engine. This is a nice compact, air-cooled engine. Because it was right after WWII, there were a lot of them available. Tucker was working on a lot of ideas, including an early rotary engine. If he had gone with the helicopter engine at the outset, he may have stayed in business.
It's a Franklin 335 cu in engine used in helicopters, for Tuckers water passages were added. I think Tucker bought the factory. I've been blessed to know a family that has had a tucker since I was 16, I'm 70 now. The transmission on most are Cord trannies with Cord preselect's because the fully automatic Y-1 was not ready/ One car was equipped with it and it still works.
@@barthoharmse112 preselector gearboxes were more common in trucks and buses. Quite a few of Brisbane's buses from the late 40s/early 50s had preselector gearboxes.
pre-selector gearboxes were used by several manufacturers for racing including the famous Auto Union V16 GP cars of the 30's. It was a precursor to the automatic transmissions and allowed quicker shifts than traditional clutch/shift lever actuation could provide..
In 1948 japan had no major car companies. They had no major anything after we nuked them 3 years earlier. And most euro companies were just getting started again. Nobody had money to throw around.
Please, a pre-selector lever should never be changed with the trip pedal depressed. Select the next gear you require and then press the trip pedal; either moving up or changing down. It's quite simple, but never use the pedal like a clutch because you will always crash the gears. Thanks.
I am not saying that old cars are bad, I personally drive an 88 trans am without ac, and I would take that over many modern cars. However, I think that I would rather have a modern car then a car from the 40s
@@davidu6551 For what, laziness or cheapness to do maintenance? Certainly not for the generic modern "styling" where one could switch the badges from a KIA and BMW and hardly tell which belongs where. How about a car from the 40s with a modern drivetrain and powertrain?
Meant for the time period ..all cars mass production have there issues some say the Tucker was junk yea it may have been. It's basically a car that is or showing only not driven our history of mistakes
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions- and smoke crime.. :-(/////
Without a doubt the Thunderbolt is one of if not THE fastest car's in Mafia 2. Supercharge that and have a somewhat descent set of driving skills and there isn't a cop in Empire Bay who can come even remotely close to catching you. That being said if the poop has hit the fan and I am pinned down with bullet's racing around me I am going to hide behind the "Tucker" for cover.
A few years ago they had a Tucker gathering at Pebble Beach. While on the Tour D'Elegance, one of them dropped an axle (do a GOOGLE search for the pics of the axle on the road). I stopped to help in my lowly (but fully drivable) '55 Pontiac, and the owner (I believe the pres. of the club) was rude as could be. I took great joy in leaving them in a cloud of non-emissions controlled exhaust. That experience aside, I think Tuckers are one of the most over rated cars. If they'd been made in larger numbers, no one would pay any more attention to them then any other production American car of the time.
Rode in a blue one in the 60's, I believe was number 14. Owner hit 90 on the freeway, squealed tires around the cloverleaf and car never leaned! What a ride.
I'm fascinated by how that gated shifter column works. Very unique design
It is a preselect. You move it into a gear slot, but nothing happens. THEN you push and release the clutch, and you are now in that gear.
@@ToyKingWonder control looks a bit like the french COTAL gearbox, but the Cotal was much more advanced because was semi automatic, with electromagnetic actuators, innternal mecanic was similar to the Wilson semi auto gearboxes, but with electromagnetic brakes
Stunning example of a truly historic automobile.
The Tucker is the only 1 collector car that i would not regret buying.
And a very wise investment as for a car.
Thank you VERY MUCH for the opportunity to ride , if only virtually , in an amazing automobile !!!
I doubt anybody driving the other way knew just how monumentally revolutionary this car was and just how rare it is today. They just think "Oh there's an old car" and keep going to Starbucks.
So? Nothing a new car can't do and better.
@@Crawdoodle Do the research and trust me you'll care, most of the shit you consider necessary came from the mind of Tucker.
@@TheSultan1470 dude i think you understand him dont think yall no the history of this car
I guess it is as rare as it was in 49 I guess. Not too much have been scrapped...
Who in the fuck cares what the other drivers think? Jesus christ, stay in your own lane
Amazing! Loved it no end when he opened it up to 45-50. Wish I could have seen 90.
These sorts of cars are ones that I could only dream of driving! Beautiful!
What I like here most is how the engine humms whenever you change gear
So lovely for a futuristic car it's age😎
Car is beautiful.... alot more appealing than other cars from that time period
Thanks for the virtual ride! It would freakin blow mind to ride in a Tucker for real!
I think Tucker's huge emphasis on safety was what made the big 3 so terrified. Customers were going to start demanding safety features from their cars, and that would have cost them a fortune, and put them on the back foot. It wouldn't have sunk them, but they'd have no chance of knocking Tucker off the market, at least not like how they did to Studebaker lol.
The "big 3" were never terrified of Tucker. That is a myth.
@@ToyKingWonder You drank the kool ade! Man had the largest factory in the country, and was boasting features that the other manufacturers didn't have. They used every underhanded trick in the book to destroy his company. Maybe you should read a history book before commenting next time 😌
I remember when the Tuckers were new and controversial. In 1948 our family moved from Louisville to Chicago, and my father took me to see the Tucker factory. He had a new Cadillac, and I remember thinking Tuckers were unnecessarily complicated for a car.
Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to post this. Always been a fan of the Tucker.
Not a single dislike. That says something about everything the Tucker car stood for.
The big 3 are too busy right now that's why
the big three and the sec are here, 4 dislikes
Mafia 2 has move the engine to the front on their Tucker auto, but it handles like a rear engine car..
If Tucker ever caught on GM, Ford and Chrysler wouldn't be here today
I love these cars, and that sound. Nostalgia 😍
A quality car that should have gone the distance. Tucker got shafted by some ruthless senator.
He got shafted by the government and the stupid big 3 automotive companies! They didn't want him to succeed!
@@anibalbabilonia1867 Yes they made up a lie that he wasn't going to make the cars it was a total inside job that he failed!
@Hunt they were all in cahoots together
Ford and GM threatened Tuckers steel @ Glass supplier that if they supplied Tucker, they would cancel All their orders with them.. so they stopped Supplying Tucker to comply and shut him down! Now the asians are eating their lunch… too dam bad! I would love to see GM go right out of business, they deserve it!!
Anyway, it's been 50 years on...
Wonderful Tucker exhibit at the Antique Automobile Museum in Hershey PA. There was a Tucker dealership at 1223 N. Cameron Street in Harrisburg that actually sold at least 1 Tucker Automobile.
I love these cars!!!
Fantabulous. Thanks for the ride, love the gear noise.
What a great looking car. For 48 it was a spaceship.
I can't believe he took that beautiful piece of rare machinery out on a public road with all the crazies that are out there.
I'm glad he did, because that's where they belong. These cars were designed to be driven every day and anyone who owns one in operable condition should drive them every day.
Should be against the geneva convention to let beautiful old cars like this rot in museums and collections. They belong on the road!
Until some idiot that's drunk or high plows into it! Now,have fun finding parts or having them custom made for big$$$$. I agree that most old muscle and some antiques should be driven but these are much too rare,they cannot be replaced and if damaged the value depreciation would be catastrophic.
One of the reasons he only went around the block I'm sure...
@@TestECull Agreed. The WORST thing you can do for any car is not to drive it.
@@pgh1all1 Not really a good reason to let it rot. IT belongs on the road. I'm as firm in that now as I was two years ago.
It's a beauty. Really started to purr once it warmed up.
Simply elegant!
WOW 😮! That’s one super looking interior
Woah wait that was at AM/PM in Holbrook?? My friend had a shop next door to those guys!
Is it 4000 000 or was it 4 000 0000?
A truly beautiful automobile!
Thank you for the ride!
I never seen a brown one before that color on that body style looks great!
WOW it sounds so good and so smooth
I love how you slide the little lever into position and then step on and off of the clutch to let the solenoids shift and engage the gears, genius.
The museum near me has the prototype and a production model
Love the car and colour
When I was in high school in Ontario Calif. There was a guy that lived a couple of blocks from the school that had 13 Tuckers.
I believe they used some of his cars in that movie “Tucker: The Man And His Dream.”
They actually make fiberglass replicas now of the Tucker 48 aka the Tucker Torpedo.. And while it's nothing like the original it's still one amazing car to see!. But I watched an original car built by Tucker sell for almost $3 million dollars, so not exactly obtainable for the average working man looking to start a collection lol. If you ever get a chance to really see one up close and personal you realize for the time period it was truly one amazing car and quite stylish.
This is what I call the Plymouth Superbird Phenomenon. If you knew about them way back when, you could not find one, and they weren't worth anything. Then when everyone discovered them, you couldn't get one because they were worth everything!
What a beautiful piece of automotive history!👌🥰👉❤
A really futuristic car for that time!
That recalcitrant Cord transaxle eh?
This is the first Tucker I have ever seen inside of, I don't recall seeing it in the movie Tucker. I love all the room, the gauges and the way the shifter worked, Amazing Car,
I am so happy there's no background music. I only want to hear the Tucker
Beautiful car!
Beautiful car! Thanks 4 the ride!
I had a three speed on the column,fordf100 Pickup that was fun to drive.
Oh man, that engine's threatening growl is no less than epic!
I love the Bakelite plastic wheel.knobs, and dials.
That "bakelite plastic wheel" is a carry-over-part from a Kaiser car. ;o)
I'm jealous. Thanks for sharing.
Pre selector box with straight cut gears by the sound.
definitely straight cut with that whine
That car is infinatly better looking than any other car that's on the road now. The 30s, 40s, and 50s had the best looking cars designed by artists instead of engineers like now.
Civilian tanks but classy
Agree 100% I think the car designs were a reflection of our attitudes as a society. The designs of early automobiles were happy, and fun and bubbly. Now we're seeing angry, aggressive-looking cars with sharp lines and teethy grills.
Whoever designed a Toyota Prius is the biggest retard in the world
That’s what happens to today’s car design
@@PreciousAlpschindler
I'd rather have a prius than a smart car. They get about the same gas mileage but the prius also gives you a back seat and a trunk.
@@txgunguy2766 good choice Smart Fortwo to me look more like Stupid Fortwo. If I want a car that tiny then I get something like Honda Beat or Suzuki Cappuccino
Is that supercharged? It whines...
Wow just took a ride in the best car ever made
Did Tucker and Cord use the same transmission?
yes
They only built 50 - what does # 1044 mean ?
In 1948, the Tucker was very advanced for its time. The car made the big 3 jealous that Preston Tucker was able to create such a state of the art automobile for 1948. Only 51 Tucker cars were produced. They are worth a fortune today.
Love the car and you are one lucky person to own one
You guys are awesome
That is a gorgeous car what color do you call that paint.
The roar of the main couple. gearbox howl. Need to adjust or replace bearings.
He set the timing to " WHATS UP HARRY"? I guess I'll have to Google that.
It's his neighbor.
I mean seriously cmon man, just examine the mechanics of this véhicule ,interior and looks,it's an overall marvel ! Dammm I would love to even have the privilege to drive such a beautiful car now ! The car was good,safe,viable and a bit technology advance for its time but never had its chance to bloom was crushed not only in politics arena but mainly from big corporations !
Big tech has been around for a long time .just a name change . They were the big three then.
Bellísimo, excelente y único,me gustaría un día tener uno,una obra maestra adelantada a su época
That car roars like a monster
How is the sounds Damp and a little electric. Like the Rhythm of the Engineering was very fast. Although it probably wasnt at all.
The big three were caught off guard. Destroy the competition anyway you can. 😊
So you get a change to film a test ride in a Tucker and all you do is filming the road?
I own Tucker 1044 and this film documented its first test run.
@@Vanderbiltcup Okay, that's very nice. I was disappointed that the video doesn't show more of the car. But I see that you made other videos about it.
I was thinking the same thing.Fire the camera man.
Very nice, more please😃
That car was way ahead of it's time
My dream car.
I would love to own one..great looking cars
Pre-selector shifter, like a Cord, it looks like.
This is the first time I noticed the small trapezoid shaped windows on the passenger's sides.
I just wonder, how many Tuckers do we have in Europe..? None perhaps😔
I remember getting to 50 in my model t speedster and it was the greatest day ever 😂
Doesn’t sound like a helicopter engine but I have heard it does have one
Nope, it's a v8. Modified Ford I think
@@drd6416
No it's not.
It's an H6. Much like a helicopter engine.
Helicopters are noisy because of the rotors, not the engine. This is a nice compact, air-cooled engine. Because it was right after WWII, there were a lot of them available. Tucker was working on a lot of ideas, including an early rotary engine. If he had gone with the helicopter engine at the outset, he may have stayed in business.
It's a Franklin 335 cu in engine used in helicopters, for Tuckers water passages were added. I think Tucker bought the factory. I've been blessed to know a family that has had a tucker since I was 16, I'm 70 now. The transmission on most are Cord trannies with Cord preselect's because the fully automatic Y-1 was not ready/ One car was equipped with it and it still works.
@@drd6416 Tuckers had a flat 6.. A boxer engine
That thing has pop out Windows right?
yes ;-)
Toolsin "SAFETY"
LIBERTY PRIME keeps the glass from slitting your throat
@@doctorfeinstone6524
Provided the car you hit has POP-IN windows.
Francis Ford Coppola owns two of them.
That's an odd shifter.
It's a preselector. I didn't realize till now that Tucker had a preselector transmission.
You select the gear in advance and it switches gears once you press and depress the clutch, very complicated and unpractical
Seems to work ok for a 70 year old car
@@barthoharmse112 preselector gearboxes were more common in trucks and buses. Quite a few of Brisbane's buses from the late 40s/early 50s had preselector gearboxes.
pre-selector gearboxes were used by several manufacturers for racing including the famous Auto Union V16 GP cars of the 30's. It was a precursor to the automatic transmissions and allowed quicker shifts than traditional clutch/shift lever actuation could provide..
Saludos desde Monterrey México
Motor macio. Parece que era potente para época.
I'm surprised a major carmaker in the USA, Europe or Japan did not try to partner with Tucker and sell them to all the Tucker fans worldwide.
In 1948 japan had no major car companies. They had no major anything after we nuked them 3 years earlier. And most euro companies were just getting started again. Nobody had money to throw around.
OK. It's an incredible story
It sounds like a modern car not at all like a vehicle of its age.
If my car sounded like that, I’d put it in the shop!
very good condition car,👍
Please, a pre-selector lever should never be changed with the trip pedal depressed. Select the next gear you require and then press the trip pedal; either moving up or changing down. It's quite simple, but never use the pedal like a clutch because you will always crash the gears. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment!
Just a beautiful car
cool ride
true car of the future
i love the tucker torpedo in L.A. noire
Im glad john got u buddy. U should be ashamed of what you did to all those poor humans.
Real American history!
Let's go for both more and longer rides in these Tucker, OK? Ha!
Awesome car.
Tuckers cars where tight ... Love them and the color .. to bad today's cars are crap compared to cars of the late 40s
alan koza that is so untrue it is funny
David U modern cars are terrible. Best cars were made in 80's and 90's
I am not saying that old cars are bad, I personally drive an 88 trans am without ac, and I would take that over many modern cars. However, I think that I would rather have a modern car then a car from the 40s
@@davidu6551 For what, laziness or cheapness to do maintenance? Certainly not for the generic modern "styling" where one could switch the badges from a KIA and BMW and hardly tell which belongs where. How about a car from the 40s with a modern drivetrain and powertrain?
I just realized how most cars are made for money vs actual efficiency
Meant for the time period ..all cars mass production have there issues some say the Tucker was junk yea it may have been. It's basically a car that is or showing only not driven our history of mistakes
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas
station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions- and smoke crime.. :-(/////
You are writing just rubbish. Regards from Germany
WOW!
Welcome 👍
nice
is it anybody else thinking about Mafia 2?
Yeah that car was badass in the game. Especially when you get the supercharger!
I always found it to be kinda slow. Up side is it can definitely take a few shots while you make your get away.
I dunno I always thought it was one of the faster cars. But the thunderbolt I "think" was the fastest. The Thunderbird stand in.
Without a doubt the Thunderbolt is one of if not THE fastest car's in Mafia 2. Supercharge that and have a somewhat descent set of driving skills and there isn't a cop in Empire Bay who can come even remotely close to catching you. That being said if the poop has hit the fan and I am pinned down with bullet's racing around me I am going to hide behind the "Tucker" for cover.
Yeah that's true. It's big enough to give you some great cover.
Dang, the whining of the engine is just plain epic
That’s actually transmission whine. Most older cars used straight cut gears for added strength in their transmissions, but they made a lot of noise.
@@InflatablePlane Learned about straight and helical cut gears a few months ago
Pretty interesting
I think the engine was Air Cooled the fan could also make the epic sound
@@PreciousAlpschindler It is based on an air cooled helicopter engine, but it is water cooled.
A few years ago they had a Tucker gathering at Pebble Beach. While on the Tour D'Elegance, one of them dropped an axle (do a GOOGLE search for the pics of the axle on the road). I stopped to help in my lowly (but fully drivable) '55 Pontiac, and the owner (I believe the pres. of the club) was rude as could be. I took great joy in leaving them in a cloud of non-emissions controlled exhaust. That experience aside, I think Tuckers are one of the most over rated cars. If they'd been made in larger numbers, no one would pay any more attention to them then any other production American car of the time.
Haha, I have only seen axles fall out of cars in Three Stooges films.
I didn't know that could really happen.
Outstanding 👍🇺🇸